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M l T E R B 0 X (Application filed Apr. 13, 1897.)

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

FRANK S. KING AND HERBERT A. KING, OF CIIICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS.

MlTER-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,111, dated October1 1, 1898.

Application filed April 13 l89'7.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANK S. KING and HERBERT A. KING, citizens of theUnited States of America, and residents of Ohicopee, in the county ofHampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new andusefulImprovements in Miter-Boxes, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings andletters of reference marked thereon. I

Our invention relates more especially to the construction of a foldingmiter-box, our object being to provide a miter-box which may beconveniently folded, so as to take up as little room as possible whenbeing carried or stowed away and which may be conveniently opened andset up for use.

Our object is, further, to provide a miterboX wherein an ordinaryhandsaw maybe employed, and, further, our object is to provide a devicegenerally serviceable and embodying in construction the advantagesherein pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like like letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 is a perspective View of ourimprovedmiter-box, showing a saw mounted in position. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the same as seen from the back of the miterboX, the saw and itssupporting-frame being removed. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of themiter-box, showing the same partially folded. Fig. 4 is a transversesectionalview, and Fig. 5 is a detached view of a part of one of thesupporting arms with the spring clamp mounted thereon.

In detail, a indicates the lower portion of the bottom of the box.

1) indicates the upper portion of the bottom of the box.

0 indicates the back; d, a pivot-plate; e, a plate in which thesaw-supporting frame is mounted; f and g, slotted posts; It and '5,supporting-rods; j, top rail of saw-supporting frame; It and Z,depending arms; n, saw-blade clamps; 0, saw; 23, catches; r, recesses inthe lower part of the base; 3, hinges between the two parts forming thebase; if, hinges between the base and back, and u locking-latches.

In the construction of our device we first provide a base consisting ofan upper and lower portion hinged together at the ends.

Serial No. 631,977. (No model.)

The lower portion of the base is provided with a pivot-receiving castingor plate d. A plate e is provided, having projecting from its lower faceimmediately below the slotted post 9 a pivot which enters thepivot-opening in the plate (Z, thus allowing the saw supporting frame tobe turned fromside to side upon said pivot to the desired extent. Thetwo posts f and g are mounted in the plate 6 and are slotted as usualfor posts in mitenboxes employed in a similar manner. Theframesupporting rods h and i are also constructed in the well-knownmanner, they being slotted and entering theposts f and g. Instead,however, of being limited in the employment of this device to a back sawwe provide a suitable frame for supporting the ordinary handsaw, whichframe consists, essentially, of a rail or rod j, adapted to slide freelyin the openings in the supporting-rods h and 2', the rail, however,being of greater thickness than the saw-slots in these rods, so that therail reciprocates in the openings adapted to receive it. Each end of therail is provided with a depending arm and Z, and which depending armsare provided with a clamp 01, the latter being adapted to engage thesaw-blade and press it against the depending arm, so as to support thesaw in the desired position.

For the purpose of providing means for engaging saws of differentlengths without providing an upper rail of increased length for thesaw-supporting frame the depending arm Z is pivotally mounted, so thatif a long saw be employed the free end of the depending arm Z may beswung outwardly to engage the saw-blade near its end.

The inner faces of the two-part base are recessed, so as to receive theposts f and g and their supporting-plate 6 between them, and are alsorecessed so as to receive the saw-supporting frame, all as shown indotted lines in Fig. 3, so that when so stored away between the two-partbase they may be easily transported.

The back 0 is pivotally mounted or hinged to the lower part of the basea, so-that it may be turned back against the lower part of the base, asshown in Fig. 5. 7 hen, however, it is desired to use the device, theback is turned upon its hinges, bringing it to the desired position, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the back is held firmly in this position bythe employment of the catches p, which project through openings in theback, each catch being preferably provided with an offset under whichthe latches 'Lb engage.

The front edge of the upper portion 1) of the base is formed in a curvedline, as shown, the curvature being that of a circle having for itscenter the center of the pivotal opening in the plate cl, and a suitablelocking device is attached to the free end of the plate 6, so that thefree end of the plate may be locked either to the lower part a of thebase or to the front edge of the upper part b, suitable engaging meansbeing provided so that the frame may be set to saw at a right angle andat various other angles, as desired.

Having, therefore, described our invention, what We claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a miter-box, the combination of atwopart base with space betweenthem for the bar 6, a back hinged to the lower base and adapted to befolded back to lie against the under side of the base, and means to holdthe back in its opened position, substantially as shown.

2. In a miter-box, the combination of a twopart base having a spacebetween the parts for the saw-guide and supporting mechanism when laidflat, a back mounted to fold against the base, and a suitable saw-s11pportin g frame,

substantially as shown.

3. The combination in a miter-box; of a base, and a back hinged togetherwhereby they may be folded, the base consisting of an upper and lowerpart recessed on their inner faces to receive the saw-supporting frame,substantially as shown.

4. The combination in a miter-box of a suitable base, a suitable back, apivotally-mounted plate 6 having posts f and g, rodsz'mounted in saidposts, a rod j mounted to slide in the rods 7), dependingsupporting-arms 7t and Zsecured to the rod 7, and clamps 12 mounted onthe depending arms 71; andl and vertically adjustable thereonsubstantially as shown.

5. The combination in a miter-box, of asuitable base; a back hingedthereto, the back being provided with latchplate openings, latch-platespmounted on the base and adapted to project through said openings in theback, and latches a adapted to engage the latch-plates, substantially asshown.

6. The combination of a base consisting of the parts a and b hingedtogether, a back 0 hinged to the lower part of the base. a plate clprovided with a pivot-opening and secured to the lower part of the base,a postsupporting plate 6 provided with a pivot adapted to engage theopening in the plate d, posts f and g mounted on the plate 6, rods 71.and 2' mounted in the posts, a saw-supporting frame consisting of therodj having depending arms 75 and l and clamps n mounted on thedepending arms, all constructed and operating substantially as shown.

7. The combination in a miter-box, of suitable supporting-posts, rods hand jmounted therein, a supporting-frame adapted to engage and supportthe saw, a part of the sawsupporting frame consisting of a depending armas Z pivotally attached to the rod j, and having vertically-adjustablespringclamps mounted thereon substantially as and for the purposesshown.

8. The combination in afolding miter-box of a lower base as a, a backhinged thereto and adapted to be folded against the lower face of thebase when closed and to stand at right angles thereto when open, asupplementary base as b hinged to the lower base, recesses formedbetween the inner faces of the bases to receive the saw-holdingmechanism, means to lock the back in its open position, and saw-holdingmechanism pivotally and removably mounted on the base substantially asshown.

FRANK S. KING. HERBERT A. KING. iVitnesses:

ALLEN WEBsTER, Mrs. E. L. FIELD.

